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Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against MP3tunes, Founder Image

Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against MP3tunes, Founder

By Mark Hamblett

Record companies and music publishers will get more damages and a second shot at holding the founder of MP3tunes liable for additional copyright infringement following a federal appeals court decision on Oct. 25.

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Making Your Website ADA Accessible

By Philip Voluck

As companies across the country rush to embrace the Internet and other electronic technologies, they must be mindful of this very real exposure to liability — website inaccessibility. Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, it means that people with disabilities cannot only perceive, understand, navigate and interact with the Web, but can also contribute to it.

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2016: The Year Everything Changed In Social Media Marketing Image

2016: The Year Everything Changed In Social Media Marketing

By Larry Bodine

Three megatrends culminated in online business development in 2016, requiring attorneys to change their digital marketing tactics and to re-focus on what produces results.

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Attorneys Accused of Filing Bogus Suits in Alleged Scheme to Stamp Out Negative Web Reviews Image

Attorneys Accused of Filing Bogus Suits in Alleged Scheme to Stamp Out Negative Web Reviews

By Ross Todd

Two California lawyers have been accused of participating in a scheme that used sham lawsuits to suppress negative online reviews of businesses.

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Software and Business Method Inventions After <i>Alice</i> Image

Software and Business Method Inventions After <i>Alice</i>

Nam Kim

As important as software and business method inventions are in the new digital economy, it is often unclear whether they can be patented. This uncertainty is largely due to a legal rule that “abstract ideas” are not eligible for patent protection, which is based on a long line of U.S. Supreme Court cases, with <i>Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank</i> being the most recent and influential.

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<i>Decision of Note</i>: Second Circuit Rules on e-Book Sample in Digital Locker Image

<i>Decision of Note</i>: Second Circuit Rules on e-Book Sample in Digital Locker

Stan Soocher

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that an agreement between a book author and a publisher allowed a customer of distributor Barnes & Noble to retain a sample of the book in the “digital locker” the distributor provided to the customer.

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AI and the Law

Pamela Woldow

<b><i>The Paradigm Shift Hits the Fan</b></i><p><p>AI — artificial intelligence — and its relatives: digital research engines, “bots” and other automatons, have made their beachhead in the legal profession, and it really looks like this is gonna change everything.

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Partner and Millennial Associates' Performance Expectations

Linda L. Hardenstein, MPA, PCC

“They don't want to work!” It's an all-too-familiar refrain uttered about associates of the millennial generation. As more and more millennials enter the workforce these generational clashes will continue. What can be done to bridge the gap and why should you care?

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When Is Employee Hacking a Crime?

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

Employees have found success in defeating CFAA accusations, often by arguing that they did not access a database or other proprietary information without authorization because their login credentials had yet to be revoked. As surveyed below, results have been mixed for employees accused of hacking into the databases of their own companies, competitors and potential business partners. This article discusses three recent cases in this area of law.

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Increase of IP Cyberthefts on the Horizon, and Many Unprepared Image

Increase of IP Cyberthefts on the Horizon, and Many Unprepared

Ricci Dipshan

Though cybertheft of intellectual property is predicted to dramatically increase over the next 12 months, a significant portion of companies has yet to fully secure their IP assets, according to a survey released by Deloitte Cyber Risk Services.

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